1825.] not taken Notice of by Lamarck. 137 



Ci/r. Childrentc. Testa orbiculato-cordata, Isevis olivacea 

 antice distanter irregulariter concentrice costata, intus purpureo 

 aurantia; dentibus lateralibus serrulatis. Euci/c. Method, i. 30], 

 f. 1, long. 2 unc. Lamarck has refei'red this figure to Cyprina 

 Islandica, but the teeth are evidently serrulated, &c. 



Cy/'. limosa. TelUna limosa, Maton, Lin. Trans, x. t. 24, 

 f. H— 10. 



Cytherea {b)albida. Venus albida, Gmelin, List. 273, f. 109. 



Ci/th. (a) crassa. Testa cordato-triangulata, gibba, crassa, 



polita, lutea, latere postico purpureo livido, lunula lanceolato- 



cordata magna; dentibus valde incrassatis. long. 18-10, unc. 



Madras, Humphreys, Mas Cracherode. 



Cyth{a)pinguis. Testa cordato-triangulata solida, polita lutea 

 lurida; umbonibus biradiatis ; latere postico lunulaque purpu- 

 reo-livida ; intus carneo-albidis, punctis fuscis ornatis. long. 

 13-18 unc. Bombay, Humphreys, Mus. Cracherode. 

 /3 minor subradiata striata, raargine tumido. 

 Cyth. (a) scripta. Donax scripta, Lin, Lam. ! 

 Cyth. (a) Sotanderii. Testa ovata gibba, lasvi polita albida 

 purpureo variegata; umbonibus stellatis ; intus albida ; margine 

 crenato ; latere postico maculis purpureis natato. long. 13-18. 

 " Venus hyans Soland. MSS." Humphreys. Like the former, 

 but much more gibbous, and in the different teeth none of these 

 three species have any affinity to Donax, with which Lamarck 

 placed them. 



Cyth (o) meroe. \"enus meroe, Lin. Donax ! meroe, Latn. 

 Venus donaciformis, Gmelin. 



Cyth. (/;) cardoides Erycina cardoides, Lam. 

 Cyth. (b) exilis. Venus 'exilis, Chemn. vi. t. 34, f. 362, 363. 

 Cyth. (d) Histrio. Venus exoleta variegata, Chemn. vii. f. 407. 

 Venus aurisiaca. Testa ovato-trigona, polita subconcentrice 

 striata, pallide fusca, obscure trizonata ; latere postico elongato ; 

 lunula scutulaque lanceolatis, purpureo variegatis : intus auran- 

 tiaca, long. 9-10 unc. Mus Cracherode. 



Vcn ? papyracea. Testa ovata gibba papyracea tenui pellu- 

 cida alba subantiquata ; umbonibus concentrice sulcatis ; mar- 

 gine cardinah antice impresso. An novum genus? An Litho- 

 phaga; ? Testa peculiaris. 



Ven. rotnndata. Tellina rotundata, Montague, t. 2, f. 3. 

 Venericardia megastropha. Testa oblique cordata crassa 

 albida, rufo variegata, costis convexis rugosis ; margine cardi- 

 nali crassissimo. lon^-. unc. New Holland? E. dono.Dom. Bexmet. 

 (See figure on next page.) 



